Hello blinders, as usual checking with you like all others on career decision. Don’t troll me, when it is career nothing wrong in inviting opinion though well experienced. Current L67 in MSFT, TC 510 K. YOE 20 years. For unknown reasons, I didn’t get even interview in GOOG and FB, don’t know if L7 is only through reference. Below offers in Seattle I received. I directly applied all of them except OCI. I put together base, stock. bonus for next 4 years and divide it by 4 for average salary. I don’t know about refreshers hence excluded them in calculations. AMZN L7 (AWS) average TC 660 K OCI Sr Director, average TC 620 K VP of engineering in small e-commerce start up, TC is tricky as mostly paper money but average 580 k, IPO not before next 5 years Head of Engineering, medium size public company. Average TC 550K, but their stock is going crazy (4x) for the last 2 years. OCI has better title, good WLB, stock pretty stable, bunch of VPs and SVPs are from AMZN L6 3 to 4 years ago. I see definitely some attitude and cultural issues. AMZN known for its WLB problems, don’t know about L7. Stock is crazy( though don’t know future). Friends from MSFT who joined AMZN in 2015/2016 getting close to 1M now due to stock appreciation. I am inclining towards AMZN, somehow I did not get a positive vibe on overall OCI team. Fellow blinders can express their expert opinions. Note: I don’t want to invite a poll, as friends at times select the options per company name. Sorry if I hurt anyone.
OCI looks like an up level. If you don’t have the experience, you might struggle. How many are you leading in MS right now?
65 folks with 6 managers and one senior IC ( L66)
L7 AWS @ $660k you are at the top of the band so the likelihood of refreshers is low. OCI does those every year FWIK. Your TC looks low for L67 unless you are not calculating your unvested stock.
Hands down OCI. L7 WLB is a mess and not worth even $1M.
What's oci split ?
You gotta name that mid sized company whose stock has 4x. Also what do you mean when you say your unvested TC is 680k? FWIW, avoid AWS L7. Bad wlb and if you under deliver you will be managed out pretty soon
Did you make a decision? Expecting OCI offer soon
Got confirmation from OCI recruiter and hiring GVP of intentions of making an M6 Vp offer. I’m leaving over a $1M in unvested stocks over next 12 months. Would they cover it with sign on bonus? Don’t want to spook them with golden handcuff RSUs I got at MS but can’t take an offer that’s gonna make me less out of the gate. Recruiter is asking to share snapshots of my current vesting schedule- not sure if it’s legal to share that with competing cloud provider.
Oci VP can expect 3M+ in stock besting over four years
What is OCI?
OCI